S373 - Top Rare Nigersaurus taqueti Rebbachisaurid Sauropod Dinosaur Tooth Corals N36-Rare 1

N36-Rare 1

and future discoveries will continue to enrich our view of the dynamics of the early Phanerozoic radiation and of the nature of the fossil record

Nesov 1986 (sea turtle)

Pseudogygites

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S373 - Top Rare Nigersaurus taqueti Rebbachisaurid Sauropod Dinosaur Tooth Corals N36-Rare 1Here we introduce this exceedingly rare dinosaur tooth from Elrhaz Fm. It is an authentic tooth of Nigersaurus, herbivorous sauropod rebbachisaurid dinosaur that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous of modern day Niger. Small for a sauropod, Nigersaurus was about 9 m (30 ft) long, and had a short neck. It weighed around 4 t (4. 4 short tons), comparable to a modern elephant. Observations: This Nigersaurus tooth is especially